Search Results: Americana from Lippincott Books

New York: Hastings House, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Painter, Allyson. 104 pp. First edition, signed on ffep by author and illustrator. Divides the state into five regions, presenting the character of each section in text and black and white photographs. Unclipped dustjacket has closed tears and creases. NF/VG-

Worcester, Mass: Worcester Historical Society, 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 142 pages. Collection of historical sketches published between 1929-1931 in the periodical This Week in Worcester. From the library of Francis Greene, historian and author of the History of Boothbay, Southport, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the definitive history of the Boothbay region, with his bookplate on the rear pastedown. News clipping tipped-in to front paste down. Cloth spine and marbled paperboards with spine gilt. Foxed throughout text.

New York,: Macmillan Company, 1943. Stated First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 359 pp. 'Kansas Irish' is the first in Driscoll's trilogy of the immigrant experience: homesteading and growing up on a farm in Kansas. Discoloration along gutters of spine mar an otherwise near fine copy. Dust jacket spine faded, with frayed edges, inside front flap corners clipped but publisher's price of $2.50 remains.

Burlington, VT: Lane Press, 1959. Pictorial Paper Wraps. GVG. 82 pp. With Chronology of Important Dates, Bibliography. Foxed covers. SIGNED by the author.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Write Stuff Syndicate, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xii, 191 pp. The history and growth of The Stanley Works, a muli-billion dollar global organisation which was started by Frederick T. Stanley as a bolt manufacturing business in 1843. Includes 6 page section on collecting Stanley tools. Black and white and full-color photos throughout. VG in VG dust jacket. With: The Stanley Works Annual Reports for 1980,1981 and 1982. Each has a color cover, and color photos inside of Stanley tools, scenes inside manufacturing plants, etc. Oversize: overseas and Canadian customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the books will ship at cost.

Oneonta, NY: Motorcars Unlimited, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 243 pp. LIMITED, SIGNED. White cloth, profusely illustrated, three pages in color with the Golden Anniversary MGB. Corners bumped, very light dampstaining to dust jacket. With LETTER from Publisher to an M.G. dealer, a CARD from British Leyland Motors, and ERRATA leaf inserted.

Los Angeles, California: Kingsley, Mason & Collins, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 144 pp. Bound in red buckram, title gilt on spine. Numerous photos of Maine men and women, their homes and businesses. Slight spine slant, a little dampstaining on top edge of pages, else VG.

Brewer, Maine: Cay-Bel Publishing, 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. viii, 214 pp. Softcover. Stories of some of the memorable people of Maine, some famous and some infamous. Includes black and white photos and drawings. Near Fine. Includes: Thomas Danforth, Sir William Pepperell, Molly Phinney, Captain Wiliam McClellan, Nathan Lord, Captain Stephen Clough, Dorothea Lynn Dix, George Huntington Hartford, Rebecca S. Clarke (Sophie May), Henry C. Merriam, John Fairfield Dryden, Annie Louise Cary, Henry L. Gannett, Alvin O. Lombard, and John Darling.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. 32 pp. Black cloth, spine title and decoration of sneakers stamped in silver. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. VG in GVG dust jacket with light edgewear and light scuffing. SIGNED by the author.

Johnstown, New York: The Baronet Litho Company, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. John Watrous. xii, 268 pp. Orange cloth, titles and decorative front board gilt, map endpapers, illustrations throughout. Dustjacket has a 1/8"x1/2" chip at head edge of spine and one small closed tear. Inscribed by the author's wife on half title page. "In this book is represented the artistry of the novelist, the poignancy of the poet, and the accuracy and understanding of the historian...an experience which clarifies a whole forgotten chapter of our history." NF/VG+

New York: Privately Printed, 1958. Hardcover. GVG/No Jacket. 84 pp. Green cloth, pictorial cover, illustrated. Light edge wear. Bottom edges rippled from moisture, but not stained.

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1971. Second Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 267 pp. Includes notes and index. Illustrated with 21 b&w photographs. Endpapers printed with map of the area. Useful study of the conflict between unregulated free enterprise, and the labor pool that did the actual work for such companies.

Columbia, South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1980. Eighth Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Nancy Ricker Webb. 50 pp. Includes an introduction by Dr. Julian K. Quattlebaum on the Gullah dialect. Black collected stories on the South Carolina islands of Hilton Head, Daufuskie, and St. Helena during the 1930's when he collected taxes for Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Elkton, Maryland: National Steeplechase Association, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 442 pp. Brown, decorative covers stamped in gilt, 4 color plates. Indices of Jockeys Trainers, Horses. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos of races, riders, horses and their owners; race results, history, etc.

Columbus, Ohio: Fred J. Heer, 1888. Hardcover. GVG. 1888-1899. Volumes I through VII as a set. Green cloth, spines gilt. Most volumes showing usual age and shelf wear; Vol. VII has cracked hinge, spine wear. GVG.

Cleveland, Ohio: Winn & Judson, 1895. Hardcover. GVG. 258 pp. Maroon cloth, title gilt, 7 plates, errata tipped-in, appendix. Spine sunned, hinges cracked yet still tight, light foxing, bookplate on front pastedown. Also: Manual of the First Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, with Historical Notice of the Church, and List of Present Members. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co, 1868. Paper wraps. 30 pp. Chipped and soiled. Book & pamphlet as a set.

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania: Annie Halenbake Ross Library, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Margaret Zimmerman. xii, 136 pp with bibliography, index. Blue cloth, gilt stamped pictorial cover. Spine edges bumped, with a touch of wear, presentation on ffep.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. A publication of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration, Inc. Based on Esther Stevens Brazer's Photographic Collection. 256 pp. Green cloth, gilt-stamped emblem and title in red. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. With color frontispiece, bibliography, index. Price-clipped dustjacket, lightly sunned along spine.

Providence: A. Crawford Green & Brother, 1857. Hardcover. Good/Fair to Good. 610 pp with index. Full calf, front board starting to detach. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. xxvi, 226, [4] pp. With bibliography, index. Green cloth.. Illustrated with b&w photos. Signed by the author on the title page. "Ruins and Rivals contains a wealth of anecdotal material that conveys the flavor of digs and discoveries, scholars and scoundrels, tracing the origins of everything from national monuments to 'Santa Fe Style.' " Fine, in dust jacket with a little moisture rippling to back panel.